Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission Queensland is an independent body responsible for the impartial conduct of state and local government elections in Queensland. Other responsibilities include:

ensuring fair electoral boundaries for elections

administering the public reporting of political parties’ income and expenditure

maintaining the electoral roll

increasing public understanding of our democratic system.

State redistributions

Queensland electoral district boundaries are changed on average every 8 years. The latest redistribution was in August 2008. The Queensland Redistribution Commission is responsible for making changes to the boundaries of the State’s electoral districts.